BOURBON fiOSBS 



BOSE OBDEB 



PBOVBNCE ROSES 395 



rose-yellow. A very beavitiful sport from 

 Souv. de la Malmaison. 



Lorna Doone, magenta - carmine, 

 shaded with scarlet, very handsome and 

 sweet. 



Lowise Odier, bright pink, very free 

 and hardy. 



Mdme. Isaac Pereire, beantiftil vivid 

 carmine, fall, and of immense size, blooms 

 freely, growth very vigorous, one of the 

 ifinest. May be grown as a bush or 

 standard. 



Mdmie. Pierre Oger, white shaded and 

 edged with pink ; exquisite form. 



Mrs. Paul, blush-white, with rosy 

 peach shading, large Camellia-like flowers 

 of great substance, growth very vigorous 

 and good autumnal bloomer. It is a seed- 

 .ling from Mdnie. T. Pereire. 



Mrs. Bosanquet, pale flesh colour ; 

 very free in growth and blossom either as 

 a bush or standard. 



Purity, pure white, faintly flushed 

 centre, growth semi-chmbing. 



Queen, delicate salmon or bufif, fragrant. 

 As many as 20 blossoms are often borne 

 on one shoot when well grown. 



Queen of Bedders, rich crimson, very 

 free; dwarf habit. 



Seine Victoria, bright rose, medium 

 size ; good form. 



Bohusta, velvety crimson shaded 

 purple. The shoots grow 6 to 8 ft. long in 

 one season. A good chmber or pillar Bose. 



Sir Joseph Paxton, bright rose, rather 

 flat, but very free and vigorous, and ex- 

 cellent for town gardens. 



Souv. de la Malmaison, clear blush, 

 very large and double, superb. One of 

 the very best. 



Souv. de la Pierre Dupuy, fine deep 

 crimson, shaded with purple, very large 

 and double, a fine piUar Eose (Hybrid 

 Bourbon). 



BOURSALT ROSES (B. alpina).— 

 The Boursalt Eoses are gradually disap- 

 pearing, and many rosarians consider them 

 small loss. And yet I know an old shed, 

 the end of which has for many years been 

 covered with the old crimson Amadds, and 

 at a distance it looks simply charming. 

 But closer inspection reveals a very coarse 

 flower indeed, and it is perhaps only just 

 that it should give place to better things. 



PROVENCE or CABBAGE 

 ROSES. — These beautiful Eoses are 

 derived from B. centifoUa, and although 

 it is not quite clear why they are called 



• Provence ' Eoses (as they did not ori- 

 ginate in Provence but in the East) that 

 name at least sounds better than the 

 equally obscure appellation of ' Cabbage ' 

 Eose. Many years ago a double yellow 

 Provence Eose used to be common in 

 gardens, but now it seems to have dis- 

 appeared, and is not to be found in 

 modern catalogues. 



Culture and Propagation. — The Pro- 

 vence Eoses enjoy a rich well-manured 

 soil, and may be severely pruned. They 

 are best on their own roots, but also suc- 

 ceed well on the Briar stock. For general 

 culture and propagation, see p. 382. 



The following varieties, including the 

 miniature Provence or Pompon Eoses, 

 are obtainable : — 



Common Provence, rosy blush, large 

 and fall. 



Crested or Cristata, rosy pink, with 

 paler edges, beautiful. 



Forcimg Provence, flesh colour, large. 



Bed Provence, crimson, large and full. 



Unique or White Provence, beautiful 

 white, large and fuU. 



Torh and Lancaster, white, striped 

 with red, sometimes half red and half 

 white. 



MOSS ROSES (E. centifolia 

 muscosa). — The Moss Eoses are a charm- 

 ing class of hybrids derived like the 

 Provence Eoses from varieties of B. cen- 

 tifolia, and readily distinguished by the 

 green, mossy calyx — the moss being trans- 

 formed hairs of the calyx, and sometimes 

 of the flower and leaf stalks. Of late years 

 they have been somewhat neglected owing 

 doubtless to the appearance of so many 

 beautiful Tea and Hybrid Perpetual kinds, 

 but wherever a large collection of Eoses is 

 grown the mossy section is well worth 

 being represented. The original old red 

 Moss Eose, from which all the other 

 varieties have been developed, appears to 

 have been sent to England about 1735, 

 from Italy. It was grown by a nursery- 

 man named Wrench at Broomhouse, Pul^ 

 ham, for 20 years without attracting much 

 attention, but was afterwards taken in 

 hand by another nurseryman named 

 Shailer of Chelsea. He produced the first 

 white Moss Eose in 1788, or rather it 

 was a sport from the red variety, and he 

 budded it on the white Provence Bose. ' 

 A striped variety next appeared, and the 

 cultivation of Moss Eoses at high prices 

 became extensive in the neighbourhood of 

 Chelsea and Fulham. 



